Wang Jingwei

Wang Jingwei (4 May 1883 – 10 November 1944) was a Chinese politician who was prominent in the Republic of China before becoming a collaborator with Imperial Japan and leading a Japanese-sponsored collaborationist government in Nanjing. A close associate of Sun Yat-sen, Wang was originally a revolutionary leader during the late Qing Dynasty and was noted for his contributions to the 1911 Xinhai Revolution. However, he lost a power struggle with Chiang Kai-shek and in 1938 decided to take up a Japanese offer to lead a pro-peace government.